Freelance Writer

About Susan

Thanks for your curiosity. Like you, I can’t help but click on the “About” button every time I surf onto a blog. People are just so darn interesting.

I’ve worked as a writer and editor for my entire adult life. At 20, I landed my first paying gig as a freelancer for my hometown newspaper. By the time I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of Wooster, I had also written a few hundred articles for the college newspaper. Getting a byline proved addictive. I’ve spent the past 20 years attaching my name to published stories. For nearly a decade, I worked on the editorial staff of The Ohio State University’s faculty-staff newspaper. I followed that job with two years as a communications officer at the University of Cambridge in England where I worked primarily in internal (staff) communications and my duties included editing the university’s staff magazine. I am currently the communications manager for Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, which works to strengthen US-Japan relations.

My husband serves in the U.S. Air Force and we are the parents of an adorable little boy. (He’s cute and creative. I love the stories that kid can spin.) We moved to Tokyo, Japan in 2014 and the Washington D.C. area in July 2017. As a child growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, I never imagined I’d lead a life that would include living on three continents. Love allows us to make great leaps sometimes, even by those of us who prefer our feet stay firmly on the ground.

I hope that sufficiently satisfies your curiosity. Over the years, I’ve asked so many people to share their stories with me. It only seems fair that I offer at least a little of mine. Thanks for paying me a visit.

Hi Susan, I thought I’d check out your blog again after just reading your new post about the re-design (Looks great!). Always a small world..I’m sure I know people who went to Wooster..I went to Kenyon! Good luck, and Japan sounds amazing by the way.